REFLECTION

Readings for Sunday, February 3rd, 2019 First Reading: Jeremiah 1.4-5, 17-19 Second Reading: 1 Corinthians 12.31-13.13 Gospel: Luke 4.18-30

Second Sunday in Ordinary Time

Sunday, January 27th, 2019

Low Gluten Hosts are available. Please indicate “Celiac” when you come for Communion.

Planning a Marriage?: For those who may be planning a wedding at one of our Churches in the future, please contact the Parish Office before setting a date and time. Thank you.

Please have all Bulletin announcements submitted to the Parish Office by Wednesday at noon. https://bishopmaceachernpastoralunitca.wordpress.com

Parishioners: Do you have newspaper pictures, clippings, scrapbooks or other items that reflect parish or diocesan history? To prevent these precious articles from being forgotten, misplaced or lost, the Catholic Centre in Charlottetown is always open to receive these items and save them as part of our diocesan history. The Catholic Centre is at 350 North River Road, 902-368-8005 / rc@dioceseofcharlottetown.com

Gift Bearers for February 3rd: Mike Stevenson & Elmer Graham.

Church Cleaners: The Church cleaners for the weeks of January 27th/February 3rd are Nora Gormley

February 2nd: Gift Bearer: Rita McKenna Lector: Clarence Roche Eucharistic Minister: Joe Rooney

Mass Schedule

January 28th - February 3rd

A great way to remember loved ones is to purchase a leaf on the Tree of Life that is in the Parish Centre. For a suggested donation of $100.00, you can have their name engraved on a leaf for the tree. Please contact the Parish Office for more information

Sunday, January 20th, 2019

St. Mary’s - $972.00 (includes Pre-Authorized) St. Michael’s - $341.00

St. Paul’s - $701.00 (includes Pre-Authorized)

Brother Leo Fraternity meets the last Sunday of each month from 2-4 PM at St. Mary’s Parish. All Welcome. Please contact Claudia Batchilder (652-2402) to confirm meeting location & attendance.

No matter what your present or past status in the Catholic Church. No matter what your personal history, age, background, orientation, race or colour. You are invited, welcomed, accepted and loved at the Bishop MacEachern Pastoral Unit.

Gift Bearers February 3rd:

Saturday, February 2nd at 4:00 PM - St. Michael’s Pat Ryan by Mona Ryan Sunday, February 3rd at 9:00 AM - St. Paul’s For the People of the Pastoral Unit Sunday, February 3rd at 11:00 AM - St. Mary’s Lauralee Walsh by David & Family Tommy & Gertie Murphy & son, Tommy Jr. by Family Bert Thomson & Wilson Conrad by Cheryl Thomson & Family Cornelia Schellen by Family

Please remember, no scents make good sense!

Diocesan homepage: Parishioners are encouraged to visit our website for news, events, information on various Diocesan ministries and links to other relevant Catholic content at www.dioceseofcharlottetown.com

Come join us for Tuesday Night Cards (Progressive 45's) at St. Joachim’s Hall in Vernon River at 7:30pm. Lunch served. Admission: $7

Prayer Circle: Bishop MacEachern Unit has a dedicated group of volunteers who are ready to pray for your intentions. If you have prayer intentions please call Laverne Larocque 838-2464. You can give as much detail as you wish. If you would like to be added to the prayer circle list please contact

Terry at 838-2253 or stmarysparish@pei.aibn.com

Al-Anon meets at St. Mary’s Parish every Tuesday at 8:00 PM. (Lower entrance)

Steubenville Atlantic is happening July 3-5, 2019. Join hundreds of other youth from across Atlantic Canada for a weekend of friendship, fun, and faith. Registration is now open. The early bird cost is $200, and only available until February 28th. For more information or to register, contact Lauren at youth@dioceseofcharlottetown.com

Martha Spirituality Centre (902-367-3103 or srgemma@eastlink.ca) : Grief Video Series. Sr. Debbie Peters will lead a series of 6 sessions using videos by Dr. Bill Webster on Tues-days from 2:00-3:30 pm, Feb. 5-March 12. Topics are Problem of Grief, Every Life Tells a Story, Understanding Grief, Understanding Loss, Emotions and Reliving Mem-ories. Register by Feb. 2. Cost $30. Series of 5 Women's Mini Retreats begins Monday Feb. 11 at 7:00pm. Led by Lynn DeLong. Themes are God's Love, Mysterious Beauty of God, Bringing Hope, Grace of Healing, and Relationship through Prayer. Cost is $30 for the series or $10 for an evening. Register by Jan. 25.

Paths to Recovery is celebrating our Al-Anon anniversary at St. Mary Church, Wood Island Hill, Montague (entrance to lower level besides the statue) Feb. 26 2019 at 8pm. If you or anyone you know, are affected by someone’s drinking, please feel welcome. There will be an A.A. and Al-Anon speaker.

PEI Right to Life Association is 45 years old this year! Please join us in promoting a culture of life on PEI. Become a member and be part of a life-affirming Generation witnessing to the value and dignity of all life at all stages. Membership forms are at the back of the church. For more information contact: email Pat Wiedemer, PEI RTL Association, life.sanctuary@pei.aibn.com or call 902-894-5473.

Join us on a Worldwide Marriage Encounter weekend and enrich your relationship for a lifetime of love. May 3 - 5, 2019 at Between The Hearts Renewal Centre, Amherst, NS. Open to husbands and wives throughout Atlantic Canada. For more information, or to sign up email renew-marriage@gmail.com or call 902-314-8541.

Jesus’ religious beliefs grew on the word of God. Through boyhood and family life, visits to the synagogue and prayer, he heard the word of God. Gradually he knew what it meant. Now was his time to speak that word, and to begin his ministry. For Mary and Joseph this was a proud mo-ment. They had given their time and love to Jesus’ upbringing and now it would bear fruit. We can hand on the best of the gospel by our own faith and by the way we live our lives, by our love and by speaking the truth as we see it. What is handed on in faith is beyond words. We are all part of the ‘faith ministry’ of Jesus. By our own prayer we can help a new generation find their way to faith. We hand over worries to the Lord. Prayer gives us the encouragement to support a younger generation in their ways of faith. God loves our younger generation as we do! Donal Neary sj

CWL Dues of $20.00 are now due and can be given to Florence O’Shea, or put in a specially marked envelope and placed in with the collection.

OUR LADY OF HOPE RETREAT: February 8 - 10, 2019 at Our Lady of Hope Retreat Centre with Retreat Master Fr. Brian R. MacDougall. The theme will be “Walking with Mary from Nazareth to the Cross”. It will be an opportunity to journey with Mary as we ponder the Biblical passages that speak of how Mary was led by the Holy Spirit from Nazareth to the foot of the Cross. Our retreat will also be an excellent preparation for Lent. All are welcome! Book early to avoid disappointment. The cost per person is $137.50 (HST included). Please call the Centre to reserve your spot – 902-621-2385 / 902-388-1952 or contact David MacAdam at 961-2242 or dgmacadam@eastlink.ca.

St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Women’s League is hosting a Valentine Coffee Party on Saturday, Feb. 9, 9:30 - 11:30 a. m. at the St. Francis of Assisi Hall. Tickets are $8, and can be purchased at the door.

Public Town Hall Meeting on Employment Insurance problems and the need to change zones and other negative aspects of EI into positive change, 6:30 p.m. to 9:00 pm. on Tuesday, Jan . 29 at the Delta Hotel. Guest speakers, Pierre Laliberte, Ottawa, Commissioner for EI, and Fernand Thibodeau, Northern New Brunswick. All welcome. Sponsor, PEI Coalition for Fair EI.